One ritual dedicated to this non-Christian deity involved priests or midwifes greeting her as they sprinkled newborns with drops of water before naming them. This deity is often depicted carrying a cross representing the four winds. In one story, this deity was accused of not truly loving humanity, which caused her to cry blood for over fifty years, resulting in a flood that ended the age of the fourth sun. This goddess was usually depicted as a river from which grew a (*) prickly pear tree, the fruit of which symbolized the human heart. Sometimes said to be the consort of Xiuhtecuhtli, she and her more famous marital
One ritual dedicated to this non-Christian deity involved priests or midwifes greeting her as they sprinkled newborns with drops of water before naming them. This deity is often depicted carrying a cross representing the four winds. In one story, this deity was accused of not truly loving humanity, which caused her to cry blood for over fifty years, resulting in a flood that ended the age of the fourth sun. This goddess was usually depicted as a river from which grew a (*) prickly pear tree, the fruit of which symbolized the human heart. Sometimes said to be the consort of Xiuhtecuhtli, she and her more famous marital partner were the parents of a god usually depicted wearing a seashell on his back, the moon god Tecciztecatl. For 10 points, identify this jade-skirt-wearing goddess, the second wife of Tlaloc.
One ritual dedicated to this non-Christian deity involved priests or midwifes greeting her as they sprinkled newborns with drops of water before naming them.
{Chalchiuhtlicue} [{chal}-{chee}-{OO}-{tli}-{cue} or {chal}-{chee}-{OO}-{tli}-{kway}]